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452 - BELGIUM - CURRENCY / NECESSITY TOKEN for BREAD ( * ) - TWO P…
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Estimate €22
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BELGIUM - CURRENCY / NECESSITY TOKEN for BREAD ( * ) - TWO PIECES of 5 FRANCS in the years 1921 and 1928. - nickel, round - In the centre allegorical illustration of the "working class", a group of men carry in the air another man representing them; circular legend (in Flemish) "Token for Bread by the cooperation for the progress of the working class". - Reverse 5 and VOORUIT in the centre, legend "Gent 5 Frank d'une valeur à l'avance". - catalogue Despretz n° 39 - 37 mm - 18,59 grammes each - TTB ( * ) - token of the consumer organisation VOORUIT of the city of Ghent (1880 - 1970). "founded as a cooperative bakery to protect workers from the instability of big capital". - Used until 1 July 1968, when they were replaced by plastic-coated paper vouchers.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520321
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